Folding packing-box.



P. RBXFORD FOLDING PACKING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZ, 1910.

Patented June 27, 1911.

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L. P. REXPORD. FOLDING PACKING BOX.. APPLICATION IILED JULY 2,'1910.

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LEY P. nnxronn, or sr. Lotus, MIssoUnI, AssIGN'on 'ro'AMnItIoANrArnn rItonUcrs COMPANY, or sri' pours, MIssoUnI, A conromrron.-

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Bn it .lnnnwn-that citizen of the United siding in the city of St. Louis and State of FOLDING PACKING-rox.

Application led July 2, 1910. SerialNo. 570,044.

Toall whom 'it mayconc'em: n y I Imi'. P. Rnxrosn, a tates'of America, re-

tMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-infFoldin'g Packingi Boxes, of which the following isa full, clear, 4 and exact description, reference being had to the accompanymg drawings, forming part of this specification. i y invention relates ttov a folding packing box and-it has for its object the production of afbox of this .description madeof sheet material provided with means whereby the box is divided into a multiple of compartments, the box being so produced that it is in its entirely, vnotwithst'andin the fact' that. it is madeof sheet materia such as aper, rendered very rigid, and ca pable o withstanding hard usage such vas packing boxes -are commonly `su production of which entails much greater expense than a packing box made in accordance with my improvement. 1

Figure I" a perspective view of my'packingbox with the top of the box shown open.. Fig. II is `a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the box n a closed condition. Fig.

III is "a horizontal section through 'the' box.

'- Fig. IV is a longitudinal cross V section through the box in a folded condition.

'sections 1 and end wall seetions2. These wall sections are foldabl `coimected at their ends; or, in other wor atgwhatj are the Vto.

corners, ofthebox when-the box 'body is made of a single sheet 1of material, the two ends of the sheet are unitedat one-corner of the box body by suitableA means,-`1such as a strip 3 of ta e. The box body also comprises `top an bottom side flaps 4and 4',

'oldably vconnected 'to' the side wall. sectionsv 1 and topland bottom end iiaps `5 and 5',

foldably eonnected'to the end? wall Sections;

WhileY considering of my box, Itis that the side jectedto, and is suitable foruse' in lieu of the commonly employed wooden packingfbox'es, the' the ltantinet of Lthe .bndy' '4 and 4 are foldable inwardly toward eachother so that they `'will lie at angles lrelative to the side wall sections 1 at both the bot- .tom and top of the box body and 'serveas partial closures for the bottom and top the body, but it is unimportant as towhether Yor not the edges of these side flaps meet each other when they are folded. The end 'fiaps 5 'and 5', which are foldable'to ositions at angles to the Aend wall'sections o the box to serve as artial closures' for the bottom and to of t e box body, have functions indepen ent of their functions as -closure members, as will\hereinafter appear, a'nd these end aps are, for this reason, 'made of speclfic'lengths that will providefor their .performing such functions,l 4`and it vmay 'bewff ere stated in a general way that the length of each end a length of the `x body into the structure of'whi'ch said iiap enters.

' VThe body of my box` is preferabl pl'ovided with hand jholes 6l located in t e end 1s less than one-half of the wall sections 2, into which a persons fingers mav be' introduced when the .box' is lifted or carried.

A' designates n partition that enters into the structure 'of my box andbyfwhich the interior of the box body is subdivided' into' separate compartments when it isset u p and laced in condition for use, said partition ing so attached to one4 of the" wall sections of the box bod as` to permit of the body bein folded. 'l his partition, as illus- 'trated in igs. I to IV, inclusive, comprises two, body members T and 9, of sheet material,

or otherwise suitably connected yto each other, thereb rendering the partition a double on to a ord greater rigidity in the parthat -are placed back to ba'ck, and ,g'liletl,

tition -t an would be acqulred'by theuse of only one of the partition lmembers 'I and -9.

T he partition'bod member 7 is provided with .a hinge l lea 8, glued, or'L otherwise suitably secured to'one of the side wall sections `of the box body andthe partition body member 9 is provided-with a stay .leaf 10 adtpted to` bear against .the o posite side W arran edf-:parallel with the hinge leaf 8, but exten from the partition in :a direction the'reverse of the direction in which thesectionofthe box body, an this' leaf is -Ios hinge-lent entends (see'fnll linenri III anddotted lines FigfI). The two eaves -8 and 10 thereforeserve to stay the 'par- 1 j jf 1 of the partitionA are of widths-correspond l flaps 5 and 5 I wings 12 at'the bottom of the .and securedinsuch folded positlons in` anytition and hold it in its proper position transversely of the box. At the top of the partition are brace wings 11 and at the bot-, tom of the partition are brace wings 12.

' 5 These brace wings are flexibly connected to ing to the width at the interior of the box body and it will be noted on reference to Figs. IIl and III that the free ends of the end flaps 5 and 5 toward which they extend, and that consequently the abutting end flaps and partition bracewings act to resist any force to which the parts abutting thereagainst are subjected. It will, therefore, be apparent that the partition A is firmly held in its proper position and that the entire box is rendered very rigid throughout hori. zontal lines occupied by the end iaps of the box body and the partition' brace wings 11 30 the top and bottom -of the ox.

In setting up my box, the 'side ila s 4 and l 4v hinged to the side wall sections o the box body are adaptedto be folded onto the end l and the partition brace wings -11 at the top ofthe partition A,and also onto the end. flaps 5 and the partition brace 40 suitable manner, in order that they `will hold said flaps and kbrace wings from outward movements and also serve to complete the closures of the box body at bot-h its top and bottom, as well as insuring further rigidit in the structure of the box. Itwill be rea v bers, including the ila sof the box body' and the brace o the partition A at the bottom of the x, are secured in place prior to illing'the box and as an initial act 1n setting the box up after it has been un- .folded andthe partition has been moved to lts` proper osition; further thatthe brace wings. att e-top of the artition are erthev box is beingll "top artition brace wings are lowered and the aps 'of the box,` body are moved to their proper positions,as explained,l to produce following .which the '55. mitted to remain in elprig t positions w ile I z i 60 thedesired bracing-action with respect to the partition.

the modication shown in Fig.V V the box body -is of a structure similar to the pre:

vfikviousiy described box bo'd and includes side `6B wall'sections 1", .endw sections 2, Eside and 12, such rigidity bein present at --both' artition A .ily understood that the bottomclosure mem,

flaps 4 and hat the top and bot-tom of the .body and end flaps 5a and 5" at the top'and bottom of the body. The boxin this modificationI differs only from the previously described box with respect to the partition A. The body of this partition is a single sheet of material that is provided'with hinge and stay flaps, the stay flap 10a only being shown in the drawing. At the top and bottom of the body of thekpartition are brace wings 111 and 12a that oppose respectively the end flaps 5 and 5" when the box is in use and havethe same4 functions as the previously described brace wings 11 and 12. Two of these braceyyings are shown' as being produced'lfrom the same sheet of material as that nsed for the body on the partit-ion A', and the|.other brace wings are attached to .the body of the partition in any suitable manner, but it is obvious that this structure 8 5 may be varied, if desired; and, as an illuS- tration of departure from the structure show n, the entire number of brace wings may be of sheets of material separate from that of whichthe bod of the partition is p'oduced and be suitab y secured to the body s eet. l n

In the modification shown in Fig. VI, the body of the box issimilar in struct-ure tothe structure shown in Figs. I to IV, inclusive,

except thatthe `end flaps at the top of the box are dispensed with and the material utilized in the first described construction ,for producing the end flaps is arranged in several folds at the exterior of the end -sec- "tions V2" of the box body and these folds are suitably secured to the end sections, thereby v producin hand holds 13 that may be readily p engaged orthe pur ose of lifting and c arrylng the box. The ox in this modificatlon is providedwith a partition, the body of. which and the bottom brace wings of which may be similar either to the corresponding parts shown in Figs. I to IV, or.in Fi In view, however, of the end flaps oV the box body being dispensed with in this mod- Y ication, the top brace wings 11 of the partition are made-` of such lengths that they vwill extend from the partition to the end wall sections of the box body for engage- V ment therewithy in service as bracing members in asimilar sense tothat in which-the partition wings previously described serve ,as bracing members. The brace win 11 are preferablymade with downturn'ed angesA v120 l llfl-'which serve-to strengthen'thesewingsat theirendsand also serve -to provide forthe wings acting as Vmore perfectv closures'- for the top :of the box at its ends in the absence of top end. flaps carried by the end wall sec- 1 25 Y tions ofthe box body.

In makin he herein described box, the

material use is preferably corrutlglated pa er board; but an stiff -aper or o er suita le' sheet materia lmayy insteadf-of 3@ corrugated paper board, without departing parallel walls of said body at the bottom comprising ywalls, brace aps hlnged and to of the bod g and a vertical partition Within said bo y disposed transversely of the body Walls which carry the closure flaps, the partition car ing Wings hinged to vits bottom and top egges; said partition wings being adapted'to brace the remaining Walls of the box body, and said closure flaps overlapping said partition wings when the box is closed to form with said Wings a' ldpuible bottom and a `double top for the 2. In a sheet material acking box a body to two to other Walls at the bottom and to body; and a vertical parallel walls of said vbody at the bottom and of the body, closure flaps hinged tothe of the artition wit in said body parallel WithA t e walls having the brace flaps, the partition being provided with wings hinged to itsbottom and `top edges; said braoe flaps and partition Wings being adapted 'to abut a ainst each other when the box is closed, an said closure flaps. bein adapted to overlap said brace a s and partition VWings Whenthe box is close In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aiixed mysignature.

LEY P, REXFORD.

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